Peter Macklin is a professional killer. He likes to think of himself as retired, but assassination isn't a field that lends itself to an inscribed watch and a retirement party. Still, he's found himself a smart, sexy, and sensible young woman to marry (she thinks he's a retired salesman) and is enjoying a passionate honeymoon in Los Angeles. Then Macklin's past pulls him to San Antonio for some unfinished business. As soon as he leaves, a Rodeo Drive cowboy named Abilene shows up on Laurie Macklin's door, claiming that Peter asked him to squire her around Hollywood while her husband is away. When Macklin's one-day trip stretches to three with no word, Laurie feels more like a prisoner than a guest. She's right. In a new series, genre veteran Estleman converges three plot lines--Laurie's dilemma, Macklin's unfinished business, and a San Antonio cop's investigation of unlikely Mob hits--into a stunning conclusion. Macklin is a creation of surprising depth and intelligence, and he and Laurie make a good match.
Since the appearance of his first novel in 1976, Loren D. Estleman has written more than 65 books and hundreds of short stories and articles. Alone (Dec 2009, Forge Books) is the second in a new series about L.A. film detective Valentino, and features Greta Garbo.
To kick off the new decade, Estleman's The Book of Murdock (eighth in the U.S. Deputy Marshal Page Murdock series) will appear in March and, to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of Private Detective Amos Walker, The Left-Handed Dollar will publish in December. It's the 20th novel in the award-winning series.
An authority on both criminal history and the American West, Estleman has been called the most critically acclaimed author of his generation. He has been nominated for the National Book Award and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award.
He has received seventeen national writing awards: four Shamuses from the Private Eye Writers of America, five Spurs from the Western Writers of America, two American Mystery Awards from Mystery Scene Magazine, two Outstanding Mystery Writer of the Year awards from Popular Fiction Monthly, two Stirrup Awards for outstanding articles in the Western Writers of America magazine, The Roundup, and three Western Heritage Awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 1987, the Michigan Foundation of the Arts presented him with its award for literature. In 1997, the Michigan Library Association named him the recipient of the Michigan Author's Award. In 2007, Nicotine Kiss was named a Notable Book by the Library of Michigan.
Estleman graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Journalism. On April 27, 2002, EMU presented him with an honorary doctorate in letters. He left the job market in 1980 to write full time. He lives in Michigan and is married to writer Deborah Morgan. For more information, please visit his website: www.lorenestleman.com
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